independent
Cross references:
1. free
1. in.de.pen.dent \.in-d*-'pen-d*nt\ aj 1: not dependent : as 1a1: not
subject to control by others : SELF-GOVERNING 1a2: not affiliated with a
larger controlling unit 1b1: not requiring or relying on something else :
not contingent {~ conclusion} 1b2: not looking to others for one's
opinions or for the guidance of one's conduct 1b3: not bound by or
committed definitively to a political party 1c1: not requiring or relying
on others {~ of his parents} 1c2: making up a competence 1d1: refusing to
accept assistance or to be under obligation to others 1d2: showing a
desire for freedom and absence of constraint cap 2: of or relating to the
Independents 3a: MAIN {~ clause} 3b: neither deducible from nor
incompatible with another statement {~ postulates} 3c: varying without
respect to other variables {in x=y2+3, y is the ~ variable} -
in.de.pen.dent.ly av
2. independent n cap 1: a sectarian of an English religious movement for
congregational autonomy originating in the late 16th century, giving rise
to Congregationalists, Baptists, and Friends, and forming one of the major
political groupings of the period of Cromwell 2: one that is independent;
esp : one that is not bound by or defin itively committed to a political
party